Apophis...killer asteroid

[clueless]

This will pass earth at a few millions kilometres on Thursday....the question is does anyone know about it....it can be seen from the naked eye apparently...does anyone know where to look to see it and perhaps snap it....?
The same asteroid will pass at 30,000km in about 2036...now that's going to be good....

Here is a link
http://www.space.com/11094-watching-asteroid-apophis-photo.html

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/421594/20130108/nasa-astronomers-prepare-january-9-asteroid-apophis.htm

Andrew

[MikeyB]

See prior post here: Closest asteroid in recorded history (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=101542)

[clueless]

I thought it was a different asteroid....it passes us on Thursday and is bigger than the one in February.....

[pluto]

I thought that thread was about 2012 DA14...?

Also, according to wikipedia (sorry...), Apophis will peak at apparent magnitude 15.7 on 9/1/2013 so it won't be visible to the naked eye.
According to the same source it should be naked eye visible during the 2029 closest approach.

[clueless]

Yeah, I was hoping to spot it with my scope....but it might be too far away, let alone find it :)

[blink138]

is this the apophis asteroid or a different one?
pat

[pluto]

Yes this thread is about 99942 Apophis